I'm probably in the minority here, but I don't know that I can support it, because of the changes it will make in domestic partnerships and other family situations. If it doesn't pass, nothing really changes, but if it does it will mean a lot of children and other people in those types of situations may lose health insurance coverage.
NC doesn't recognize domestic partnerships as legal marriages, but it does allow individual business and insurance/benefits providers to extend coverage to domestic partners if they choose. This law would apparently prohibit that and would strip families of those benefits if they currently have them. Many companies are opposed to it for this reason, including Duke Energy and several of the tech companies which NC has been trying to attract and have recently moved to our state.
I think homosexuality is a sin and that God does not recognize their unions, even if they wish to call them marriages, but I am a bit uncomfortable trying to write my religious convictions into state law. If we really want to do that, then shouldn't marriage be defined as a union between one woman and man man, who are both Christians and both virgins, and one that cannot be severed except in case of sexual immorality or abandonment. Why just single out the gays, since there are so many other biblical types of marriage?
I asked a similar question on facebook - how many who support the marriage amendment would also support an amendment criminalizing pornography and adultery, in order to protect marriage, and let's just say the response was less than positive.
